Unit 8 - Simple counting and reading the clock

Dè ’n uair a tha e? "What is the time?"

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tha e cairteal gu deich
it is quarter to ten (9.45)
tha e aon uair deug
it is eleven o’ clock
tha e meadhan-là
it is twelve midday
tha e meadhan-oidhche
it is twelve midnight
tha e trì mionaidean deug an dèidh ceithir
it is thirteen minutes past four
tha e fichead mionaid an dèidh còig
it is twenty past five
tha e fichead mionaid gu h-ochd
it is twenty minutes to eight
tha e còig mionaidean fichead gu naoi
it is twenty five to nine.

Transcript 3

Listen to Peter and Rachel talking about the time.

Pick up phrases relating to your family situation, in Unit 9, A bheil clann agaibh?

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